Since I recently decided to convert all my Video_TS and Iso Files to mkv for better Plex compatibility I decided to write an batch processing program which uses the makemkvcon.exe. It's fairly basic but seems to be working well. It's converted about 200 dvds so far and still going strong. I've made the installer available in the zip file attached. Attached is a picture of the program running. It's not the prettiest but I was going more for functionality. I would love to hear back from users on Improvements they would like to see. https://alexgritton.github.io/MakeMKVBatchConverter/

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Last edited by agritton on Tue Feb 14, 2017 3:50 pm, edited 9 times in total.

This is GREAT.. but I have ran into a problem
I will use this to convert my (current) DVD's on HD (200) to MKV files then convert the rest of my 1000 or so DVD's (filing up 3 DVD jukeboxes).
However, when I try to use it, I get the following in the conversion console:

I can convert these manually using MAKEMKV, so I know that is working. I just think something is wrong with my setup. I use Ultimate windows 7 an a 6 core AMD processor with 32GB of memory. Everything works fine, but this error message.
If you have any recommendations, I will test them. Othewise I will continue working on this myself....
Thanks for a great program!
Biospot

Thanks for quick reply
I only use folder name. Contents are all standard output from DVD shrink.
I can convert fine with makemkv as I don't want to transcode anything
I rename the output to <tvseries S01E0X.mkv> to play on my roku boxes.
I use PLEX to organize everything.

Sorry for the delayed response. I've been away from my computer all day. I believe I have found the issue and fixed it though. When calling the makemkvcon.exe in the application if there was a space in the filename it was unable to convert it. I forgot to put the directory in quotes when running the application so if there was a filename with spaces it wouldn't recognize them. I have since fixed the issue and have updated the zip file to the proper version. It should now say version 1.0.1 when you open the application and there should be some filename output options as well. As far as the attempting to read from the CD Drive or any Drive that message is normal and it won't affect the conversion. Thanks for spending the time to debug with me. As you know the application is rough around the edges but it's worth getting it working right.

I have tried it and it is converting now.... Thank you very much.
I will report back after the 200+ on my HD is done, and I will also reply back as I do the 1000 DVD's on disk
I am very excited to see this working....

The next DVD in the que at the time it crashed was
" I was a mail war bride" (This is old Cary Grant DVD). It is black and white but has been recently remastered so it works well.
In side the Batch Temp folder, I find the I_Was_A_Male_War_Bride_t00.mkv file inside.
I did notice one thing also. The files would change colors as they were updated, but they did not say " Completed" I think they said that on the previous version as they would complete.

I will restart the batch conversion and report what it does this time.

Thanks for your comments, they are very useful in making this program better. I'm currently adding conversion logs to the program so if the application crashes again we can pinpoint exactly where it happened. I have no idea what the version numbers mean I should probably read up on them. I was just adding to the end number each time to create separation between updates.

I just posted a new version of the program that now supports Blu-Rays as requested. I have also added Conversion Logs to the program files application directory. It also contains a fix that prevents an application crash when certain video files were individually selected and removed.